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Question Realistic Demonic Possession
Let's say that one day scientists discover proof of demonic possession when scanning the minds of patients with unexplained mental illness. My goal is to write a realistic scenario using current-day medical knowledge to immerse the readers in the story, making it seem like such a thing as demonic p...
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almost 6 years ago
Question Could my creature's camouflage work?
I'm currently writing a short story about astronauts exploring a seemingly barren planet, which is covered in steep mountains with large flat areas in between. They soon find themselves hunted by the inhabitants who only come out at night. These aliens have pitch black skin that has the ability to c...
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almost 7 years ago
Question Changing the makeup of saliva to melt plastic
I am writing a book in which criminals get their hands on a polymer which resembles chewing gum , but alters their saliva. This allows them to burn holes into walls made from plastic used as building material in an alternate future of earth. -Is it possible to create a "gum" that alters saliva enoug...
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over 7 years ago
Question How to safely add pigments to inhalable smoke
I am currently writing a story where natives are discovered in a jungle smoking a plant that depending on the variety will release different colored smoke when burned. The visuals in this story are very important to the plot. The question : How do I add pigments to the native plants that allow them ...
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over 7 years ago
Question What would it look like to build a human?
I am writing a book where organ printing has advanced such that humans can grow full hands, arms, legs, and every inside organ. This process is used to "make" soldiers in Earth's future because cloning full troops is too expensive and time consuming. Assuming that surgical knowledge is advanced eno...
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almost 8 years ago
Question Astronaut magnetic "gravity" injections
Would it be possible to somehow inject astronauts cells with safe amounts of magnetic metals, or use some sort of magnetic properties, to hold them down to a space station floor with magnets?
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about 8 years ago
Question Preserving the dead
Suppose there is a culture on earth that sees dead bodies as holy items and letting them decompose is a sin. I have seen many examples of mummies preserved so well that they almost look like their just sleeping like this girl The question Using modern technology, is it possible to build a machine...
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about 8 years ago
Question The view in a binary star system
I am writing a book where there is a binary system with a red and blue star. There is planet with the same properties as earth orbiting in a habitable zone around the 2 stars. The question How could a binary system be set up so that from the planet during the day the red star lights up the sky but...
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about 8 years ago
Question A ship so powerful that aerodynamic design is not needed
Suppose there was a race of aliens who had created engines for there spaceships that could operate at any speed under light, and Hulls strong enough to withstand the crushing pressure of earths core several magnitudes over along with heat. These aliens are very arrogant and do not care about physical...
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about 8 years ago
Question How to feel objects outside of ones body?
A superhuman character in my book has the ability to sense objects outside of his body by simply being around them without touching them. There is some sort of field that extends outside of his body and allows him to feel anything inside that it encompass. It takes a while for him to learn to harness...
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about 8 years ago
Question What would people with black eyes see?
Imagine if you will..a world where humans had large black pupils that covered most of their eye like the picture below The question: What would these humans see and could they see more/better/worse than us? Would their vision be obstructed when looking around because it might block part of their...
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about 8 years ago
Question Environmental effects of a spaceship landing
What if in a massive display of power, in the future a human military would build a massive spaceship with huge rocket engines and decided to land the craft vertically onto a desert in a magnificent show of force here is a picture I found to get a sense of scale of the engines I am talking about a...
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about 8 years ago
Question Is it possible to affect a human mind using visual images in architecture
What if, through advanced psychological techniques and enough knowledge of a human mind, could someone construct a building that when a person lives there for an amount of time, could subliminally influence their thoughts to such an extent that a sort of program could take place, which could give the...
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about 8 years ago